The trial of a transient man accused of a triple murder is expected to be handed over to the jury on Thursday. Alex Villarreal (@AlexvWESH) has the story.

The trial of a transient man accused of a triple murder is expected to be handed over to the jury on Thursday. Alex Villarreal (@AlexvWESH) has the story.

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Updated: 12:21 PM EDT Jul 23, 2015

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WEBVTT CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE UNDERWAY? THEY ARE UNDER WAY. EACH SIDE HERE ALLOTTED OVER AN HOUR TO MAKE THEIR CASE AND THIS ALL STARTED UP AFTER A JUROR WAS EXCUSED HERE WHO HAD EXPRESSED DISCOMFORT WITH SOME OF THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED HERE, INCLUDING PHOTOS OF THE BODIES AT THE MURDER SCENE IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR. THE PROSECUTION FOCUSED TODAY ALL THE EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT THAT LEONARD LEWIS SHOT AND KILLED THE THREE PEOPLE. PART OF THAT EVIDENCE, WATSON'S 911 CALL. IN THE BACKGROUND, A MAN'S VOICE THAT WITNESSES TESTIFIED BELONGED TO LEWIS. PROSECUTORS LABELED LEWIS A, QUOTE, "GOOD MURDERER WHO GOT RID OF ALL THE WITNESSES TO HIS CRIME." BUT THE DEFENSE SAYS THE STATE DID NOT PROVE THEIR CASE. LEONARD LEWIS IS A MURDERER. HE'S A VERY GOOD MURDERER. ON MARCH 17TH, 2014, HE EXECUTED THREE PEOPLE. TWO OF THEM WERE SHOT WITH CONTACT GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO THE HEAD. THE THIRD ONE, FROM INCHES TO A COUPLE OF FEET AWAY. THERE WAS NO SHOTS, NO RAISING VOICE, SO WHERE DOES THE STATE HAVE INFORMATION THAT WATSON KILLED THESE PEOPLE? THE STATE ALSO HAD A WITNESS TESTIFY THAT HE SOLD LEWIS TWO GUNS, INCLUDING ONE JUST BEFORE THESE MURDERS LAST YEAR. NOW, THE JURY IS EXPECTED TO GET INSTRUCTIONS HERE AND BEGIN DELIBERATING AFTER THE CLOSING ARGUMENTS WRAP UP. IF CONVICTED, LEWIS FACES UP TO LIFE IN PRISON AND WE COULD GET

Jury hears closing arguments in man's triple murder trial

The trial of a transient man accused of a triple murder is expected to be handed over to the jury on Thursday. Alex Villarreal (@AlexvWESH) has the story.